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<blockquote data-quote="js1234" data-source="post: 1376653" data-attributes="member: 17596"><p>$25/head seems to really be the resistance on order buying cows. </p><p>I love to have my guys buy ss cows to repackage to stock cow buyers. Lot of times those cows can make $200/head just using the functions of geography and time. If a trader wants to make that sort of dollar amount per head, he needs to own the cows and assemble and trade.</p><p></p><p>The key to buying cows or yearlings or tennis shoes is pretty basic. Buy to the order. </p><p>The two best pieces of advice I've ever been given when it comes to order buying both came from the same man. </p><p>As it would happen, he has a Citation and a couple awful nice ranches that order buying paid for.</p><p>1. When someone orders a cheeseburger, don't bring them a ribeye and tell them that it costs more but it tastes better and conversely, when one orders a ribeye, they ought not to be served a cheeseburger and told that its cheaper so they'll like it better.</p><p>2. You're an order buyer not a ranch consultant. If the buyer wants to buy black 8wt.steers to feed and the sale has a better buy on 9wt. Char steers, don't try to switch his program. There is nothing wrong with and it is the buyers job to relay value in the market place that he sees but the job ends there. It's not for the order buyer to teach the customer how to do his business or even like what he's doing. We have a standing order for heiferettes, we don't pick up enough at any one sale, they typically cost too much in my view once we beat off the local rebreed crowd and the freight running short loads around chews up all the good in my view. </p><p>We have had this order for nearly 5 years now and the checks are on time and clear, obviously something is working for them that I'm missing, or it's not and this man wants to spend his children's inheritance a half a load a week of heiferettes at a time. It doesn't matter, he's happy and we are happy to service his needs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="js1234, post: 1376653, member: 17596"] $25/head seems to really be the resistance on order buying cows. I love to have my guys buy ss cows to repackage to stock cow buyers. Lot of times those cows can make $200/head just using the functions of geography and time. If a trader wants to make that sort of dollar amount per head, he needs to own the cows and assemble and trade. The key to buying cows or yearlings or tennis shoes is pretty basic. Buy to the order. The two best pieces of advice I've ever been given when it comes to order buying both came from the same man. As it would happen, he has a Citation and a couple awful nice ranches that order buying paid for. 1. When someone orders a cheeseburger, don't bring them a ribeye and tell them that it costs more but it tastes better and conversely, when one orders a ribeye, they ought not to be served a cheeseburger and told that its cheaper so they'll like it better. 2. You're an order buyer not a ranch consultant. If the buyer wants to buy black 8wt.steers to feed and the sale has a better buy on 9wt. Char steers, don't try to switch his program. There is nothing wrong with and it is the buyers job to relay value in the market place that he sees but the job ends there. It's not for the order buyer to teach the customer how to do his business or even like what he's doing. We have a standing order for heiferettes, we don't pick up enough at any one sale, they typically cost too much in my view once we beat off the local rebreed crowd and the freight running short loads around chews up all the good in my view. We have had this order for nearly 5 years now and the checks are on time and clear, obviously something is working for them that I'm missing, or it's not and this man wants to spend his children's inheritance a half a load a week of heiferettes at a time. It doesn't matter, he's happy and we are happy to service his needs. [/QUOTE]
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